Key highlights for Mining Indaba 2020

Mining Indaba Portfolio Director Simon Ford and Head of Content Tom Quinn shared more of the key points with Laura Cornish. For more information, see the December 2019 edition.

New matchmaking platform

The matchmaking platform is not new to Mining Indaba, but under new owners Hyve Group, the system for 2020 will be more sophisticated – allowing searches to be refined by more specific parameters including commodity and region

Because one of Mining Indaba’s key drives is encouraging networking opportunities, the event is boosting occasions to do so but introducing an after-hours party on the Tuesday evening. Open to all delegates, it gives everyone a chance to chat in a more informal environment and is themed ‘Bringing the industry together for an evening of celebration’

Battery metals remains a key focus topic at Mining Indaba 2020 – being drive by new technologies and the electric vehicle market. Hyve Group is looking to bring some of its automotive partners (through other key Hyve events) to the conference